The Effectiveness of Reality Therapy on Psychological Capital, Self-Worth and Social Well-being in the Elderly

The nowadays elderly population is increasing and diseases and conditions of this developmental stage can be affecting extremely with psychological capital, self-worth and social well-being. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of reality therapy on psychological capital, self-worth and social well-being in the elderly in Tabriz. Semi-experimental research design was a pretest-posttest control group. The study statistical population of this study was all elderly living in nursing homes in Tabriz. the statistical study sample using the method of sampling is available , including an elderly man , a resident of 26 in thecity of Tabriz elderly good conditions for entering the study , and were chosen at random in two groups test (13 subjects) and control (13 subjects) are replaced. The experimental group received 10 sessions of reality therapy. The instrument used in this research were psychological capital Luthans (2007), self-worth questionnaire Crocker and et al (2003), Social Welfare Keyes (1998) and reality therapy protocol Hydarabady Gholami and et al (2014). Research data was analyzed using SPSS software and multivariate analysis of covariance was used. The results showed that reality therapy in the elderly has been effective in increasing psychological capital, self-worth and social well-being. The findings of this study the necessity of the application of reality therapy in improving psychological capital, self-worth and social welfare noted.